Glass-shearing device.



- .110.729,963. Y PATBNTBD JUNE 2,1903.4

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GLASS SHBARING DEVICE. yA11LI0AT`I0N FILED APR. 2.1. 1902..

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N0.j729,96a. I I f PATENTE-D JUNE 2,1903,

E. ROGERS & c. `W. SAGRE.

GLASS SHBARING DBVIGE.- APPLICATION FILED APB.; 21. 1902.

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S n PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903,: E; ROGERS M1. W. SAGEE. GLASS SHBARING DEVICE.v

A YNo. 729,963.

APPLICATION FILED A-PB. 21'. 1902.

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NirnnV STATES* Patented June 2', 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

GLAss-sH'EARING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.' vaaeea-.aated June k2, 1903.

Application iiled April 2l, 1902. Serial No. 103,864. (No model.)

It is the object of our invention to provideY a device for-.attachment to or inclusion in a glass-forming machine adapted to automatically shear definite amounts of molten glassand supply Nth'emto anrold or molds cornprised in said machine. l

The form of our Vinvention hereinafter der scribed comprises two shear-'disks compris4 ing series of opposed shear-blades, `said disks being provided with means to rotate them in opposite directions, so that a succession of shearing operations are performed by the encounter of the successive blades insaiddisks.

- modified'form of our device.

As hereinafterspecified, our improvements comprise the combination,with opposed shearblades, of means to automatically vary the amount of glass sheared by successive operations of said blades, the device being designed to make a series of cuts from a single gather 'of glass, beginning with a smallamount and gradually increasing that amount in definite relation to the cooling and consequent stien# ing'of the glass.

Our invention also com'prehends the varions novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specifled and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan View showing a convenient embodiment of our shearing device in combination with a glass-forming machine. Fig. II is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a sectional View of said device, taken on the linevIIIIlI in Figs. I and II. Figi IV is a `plan sectional view showing a Fig. V is a sectional view of saidA modified device, taken on the line V V'inwFig. IV. Fig. VI is a plan view of one of the shear-blades.

Referring to the form of our invention shown in Figs.` I to III, inclusive, 1 is the rotary table of a glass-forming machine, provided with a series of molds 2, which are to be supplied withmolten glass by the operation of our shearing device. It is to be unto rotate said `tablel, and thus successively present jsaid; molds 2 to receive the glass sheared byfsaid device. The bracket-arm 4 is conveniently secured to the frame of said machine and serves -to support the shearframe, which :is secured in nvertically-adj ustalole relation therewith by means of the bolts 6.-A Said frame may therefore -be vertically adj usted 'with respectto the molds 2 to variably determine the quantity of glass supplied to the latter, "as liereinafter'described.

Said frame 5 comprises threel bearings 8, 9, and 10, inv which the vertical Ashaft 12 is mounted for rotation. Y The two shear-disks v14 15 are concentrically mounted upon said shaft l2, the disk 14 `being fixed thereto and the disk 15 being fixed 'to the sleeve 17, ar-

ranged to rotatefreely upon said shaft. Said sleeve'17is provided with the bevel-gear 19, opposed to the bevel-gear 21, xed upon the shaft V12, and said sleeve-gear 19 and said shaft-gear 21, together with their respective disks 14 'and 115,' are oppostely rotated by the intermediate. bevel-gear 22, fixed vupon the horizontal-shaft'24, which is mounted to rotate in' said framei. Said shaft 24 is rotated by means of the, ratchet-wheel 26, which is fixed thereon in position to be engaged by the pawl 27, pivotedat 28 upon the lever 29, the latter being mounted to rock freely upon the shaft 24 between said ratchet-wheel 26 and the collar 31, which latter is fixed to the outer extremity of said'shaft 24. Said lever ,dersto'od' thatsaid machine comprises means 29 is conveniently connected by the link 32 v (indicated in Fig. III) or otherwise with a movable part of the glass-forming machine, so as to be operated in definite relation with the latter to successively ,presentand operate the eight pairs of shears carried by said disks 1415in respectivea'ssociationwi'th the molds 2, which latter are successively presented beneath-the shears by therotation of the table 1. Said shears comprise opposed blades 34 and 35, which are respectively secured upon the shear-disks 14 and 15 at the margin of the respective openings 36 and 37 therein. p As shown in Fig. VI, the cutting edges 38 of said shears may be angular or ,l

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crescent shaped, but are preferably so re cessed as to begin to cut at the margin of said openings and to finish cutting at the center thereof. Although We do not desire to limit ourselves to the precise shape of blades shown, we consider the same preferable in that it contracts the portion of the glass sheared instead of distending it in a ridge, as is the case with straight-edged shears. The arrangement oi said disks and the gears which rotate them is such that the openings 36 and 37 in the respective disks are caused to register with the center of one of the molds 2, presented beneath said disks, as indicated iu Fig. I, and the gather of glass being thrust through said registered openings 36 and 37 into contact with the surface 3 of the mold 2 the distance between the cutting plane of the blades and said surface 3 serves to limit and determine the amount of glass sheared from the gather at each operation.

In order to shape the glass gather in pointed form convenient for insertion between the shears, we provide the upper disk 14 with contractible fun nels, each comprising a member 42, fixed upon the disk 14, and a complementary member 43, arranged to be reciprocated toward and away from said member 42 to alternately compress and release the gather inserted through the funnel, and thus give said gather a pointed form of less dimensions than the normal opening through the funnel. Each of said funnel members 43 is provided with a slide 44, fitted to reciprocate in slide ways 46, fixed upon said disk 14, and said slides 44 are each provided with a roller 4S, fitted to engage the cam 50, which latter is conveniently fixed upon the bearing 10 of the frame 5 and serves to reciprocate each shaping device as it passes beneath said cam.

An ordinary gather of glass will furnish, approximately, sixteen clippings, each suflicient to make a comple article; but as the glass becomes less plastic in accordance with its decrease in temperature it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of the successive clippings from the same gather. In the ordinary hand operation such variation in the successive clippings has been elfected solely by the judgment and skill ot` the operator. We have, however, provided means to effect such variation automatically by varying the vertical distance ofthe shear-blades from the moldsurface 3 beneath them, which surface serves to limit the extent of the glass thrust between said blades. Such variation is conveniently effected follows: Said disks let l5 rest upon the rotary annular cam 52, which comprises a series of inclines fitted to the similar inclines of the stationary cam 54 in lowest position, as shown in Fig. II, at the beginning of .the operation of shearing each gather. Said cam 52 is provided with the ratchet 55 and prevented from accidental displacement during the rotation of the sheardisks by the keeper-pawl 5S, which is pressed into engagement With said ratchet 55 by the spring 59. (Indicatedin Figs. Iand II.) Said cam 52 is gradually rotated to uplift the opposed shear-disks let and 15 by the intermittent operation of the pawl 61 in delinite relation to the rotation of said shear-disks. `Said pawl G1 is pivoted to the arm G3, fixed upon one extremity of the rock-shaft 65, whose opposite extremity is provided with the leverarm GG. Said pawl Gl is maintained in proper position to engage the ratchet 55 by means of the spring 68, attached to the extremity of the bar (i9, which latter forms a stop against which the arm 63 is normally maintained by the spring 7l, connecting the lever GG with the frame 5. Said arm 6G, rock-shaft 65, and pawl 58 are rocked in definite relation with the rotary movement of the shear-disks llland 15 by the series ol pins 73, which project from the inner face of the ratchet-wheel 2G in position to successively encounter the extremity of said arm Y(5b.

In the form ol our invention shown the pawling mechanism, above described, is so proportioned and arranged that the cam '"2 is rotatively progressed the extent of four teeth of the ratchet 55 in correspondence with such rotary movement of the disks 11i 15 as suflices to bring the successive shearblades in operative position with respect to the molds 2, and said ratchet being provided with eighty teeth twenty operations of the pawl til and twenty successive conjunctions of the shear-blades are had during thc traverse of the cam 52 up the incline of the cam 54, whereupon said cam 52 and the vsheardisks fall to their original level. Provision is thus made for twenty shearing operations with twenty gradually-increasing amounts of glass. However, it is to be understood that but approximately sixteen of said operations are utilized upon a single gather, the remaining operations being idle while the gathering-boy is procuring a new gather, which is presented when the shear-disks have fallen to their initial lowermost position.

It is to be noted that each pair of shearblades is used but once during each rotation of the shear-disks and is cooled during the remainder of each rotation. The motion imparted to said disks 14E and 15 being intermittent, said disks rest with their openings 3G 37 in registry for a sufficient length of time to permit the insertion of the gather therethrough, and accidental displacement of said disks is prevented bythe spring-pressed detent 72 in the bearing l0, which successively engages the recesses 7G in the shaft 12, as indicated in Figs. I and V.

The form of our invention shown in Fig. IV and Vis adapted for use when the article to be molded is of such size that but a single clipping may be sheared from each gather. In this form of ourinvention a spider-frame, comprising the hub 74c and radial arms 75, is mounted to rotate freely upon the sleeve 17, above the bearing 9, and said arms 75 are respectively provided with sockets 77, each IOO IIO

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loosely holdingy a bottomless cup 78. By the rotation of said spider-frame said cups 78 are caused to ride up the' inclined end 79 of the 1,

plate 81 and to be uplifted to the extent 0f their vertical motion in the sockets 77, the

upper and lower positions of saidcups 78 be- Y' ing shown respectively at the left and right hand -sides of FigfV. Said hub 74 of the spider-frame is provided with ratchet-teeth `8,3 and arrangedto be engaged by the pawl 85, and thereby intermittently rotated oneeighth rrevolution at each stroke of said paWl, the arrangement being such that said spiderframe comes to rest in the position shown in FigLIV. Accidental displacement thereof is prevented bythe spring-pressed detent S7',

V which ismounted'in the bearing 9 andsucicessivelyengages the recesses 89 in the `l sleeve 17.

The operation of the device is as follows: The gather being thrust through the funnel and `between the shears into the cup 7S While the latter is in' theposition shown at the lefthand side of Fig. V, the plate 8l forms the bottom for saidvcup and serves to limit and determine the desired quantity of glass which is then sheared from the gather by the rotation of 'the shear-disks.` The spider-frame being then rotated one-eighth revolution by the'A pawlr carries the cup 78, filled with glass, into registry withthe mold 2, as indicated at the right-hand side of Fig. IV, Whereupon the cupq' falls to the limit of its movement inthe lsocket 77 and deposits its quota of glass Within the mold.-

` We do not desire to limit ourselves to the precise details of construction and V'arrangement Which we haveshown and described, as

it is obvious that various modications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of our'invention.

We claiml. In a glass-shearing device, the combination with a pair of shearing-blades and means to actuate said blades; of means to `automatically vary the quantity of glass `sheared by said blades at successive operations thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. In a glass-shearing device, the combination with a pair of shearing-blades and means to actuate said blades; of means to automatically increase the amount of glass sheared sertion between said blades, substantially'as set forth.

5. In a glass-shearing device, the combination With opposed shearing-blades arranged to rotate on coincident axes; of means to rotate said blades;'and, means distinct from said blades arranged to shape the'glass for insertion between said blades, substantially as set forth.

6. In a glass-shearing device, the combination with a pair of shear-disks arranged to completely rotate with respect to each other; of a series of openings through said disks; a series of shear-blades upon each of said disks adjoining the openings` therein; and, means to continuously rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

7. In a glass-shearing device, the combination with a pair of shear-disks;'of means to rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions; a series of openings through' said disks; a series of shear-blades upon each of said disks adjoining the openings therein; a surface opposed to the openings in said disks to limit the projection of glass through the latter; and means to increase the distance between said shears and said surface during successive shearing operations, in definite relation to the'cooling of theA glass, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with a machine comprising a series of molds mounted fon a movable mold-carrier; of a shearframe secured to said machine; a plurality glass-forming IOL) of opposed shear-blades mounted to rotate on said frame; means to detain said shear-blades v in successive registry With'the molds of said machine; means to rotate said shear-blades on said frame; means to successively operate said blades in registry With the successive molds of said machine; and, means to variably determine the quantity of glass sheared by said blades at a single operation, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a glass-forming IIO machine comprising a series of molds; of a shear-frame secured to said machine; a plurality of opposed shear-blades mounted on said frame; means to shift said shear-blades on 'said frame and successively operate them in registry with the successive molds of said machine; and means'to increase the' amount of glass sheared by said blades during successive shearing operations, substantially as set forth.

lO. In a glass-shearing device, the'combination with a pair of shear-disk's5'of means to rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions and, means to gradually shift said disks in the direction of their axis of rotation, contemporaneously with their rotation, substantially as set forth.

1l. The combination with a glass-forming machine comprising a mold; of a shear-frame support secured to said machine; a shearframe mounted upon said'support; means to secure said shear-frame upon said support in adjustable relation therewith; apair of sheardisks; means to rotate said disks in relativelyopposite directions; and, means to shift said disks along their axis of rotation and thereby vary the amounts of glass successively sheared by said disks, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with a glass-forming machine comprising a series of molds mounted on a movable mold-carrier; of a shearframe support secured to said machine; a shear-frame mounted upon said support; a shaft arranged to rotate in said frame; a pair of shear-disks concentrcally mounted upon said shaft; a series of openings through said disks; a series of shear-blades upon each of said disks adjoining the openings therein; means to rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions; and means to gradually uplift said disks with respect to said molds, during successive shearing operations, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination with a glassforming machine comprising a series of molds mounted on a movable mold-carrier of a shear-frame support secured to said machine; a shearframe mounted upon said support; a shaft arranged to rotate in said frame; a shear-disk fixed upon said shaft; a second shear-disk fixed upon a sleeve mounted to rotate upon said shaft in opposition to the first sheardisk; a gear engaged With said shaft; a gear fixed upon said sleeve; a gear intermediate of said shaft-gear and sleeve-gear and operatively connected therewith; and means to rotate said intermediate gear, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination with a glass-forming machine comprising a series of molds mounted on a movable mold-carrier of a shear-frame support secured to said machine; a shearframe mounted upon said support; a shaft arranged to rotate in said frame; a shear-disk fixed 'upon said shaft; a second shear-disk fixed upon a sleeve and mounted to rotate upon said shaft in opposition to the first shear-disk; a gear engaged with said shaft; a gear fixed upon said sleeve; a gear intermediate of said shaft-gear and sleeve-gear and operatively connected therewith; a shaft fixed in said intermediate gear; means to rotate said intermediate gear, to rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions; an annular cam fixed upon said shear-frame beneath said disk; a rotatable annular cam, fitted to said stationary cam and provided with ratchetteeth; a pawl arranged to engage said ratchetteeth and rotate said cam; and means operatively conneeting said pawl With said intermediate gear shaft, whereby said cam is shifted in definite relation with the rotation of said disks, substantially as set forth.

l5. In a glass-shearingdevice,the combination with a pair of shearing-blades and means to actuate said blades; of means toshape the glass for insertion between said blades, comprising a contractible funnel adjoining said blades; and means to contract said funnel, substantially as set forth.

1G. The combination with a pair of shearing-disks arranged to completely rotate With respect to each other; of a series of shearopenings through said disks; and, means to continuously rotate said disks in relatively opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto signed our names, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 17th day of April, 1902.

EPHRAM ROGERS. CHARLES XV. SAGEE. W'itucsses:

F. M. BROWER,` HUGH FITZPATRICK. 

